Sol3 Mio is a trio put together by tenor brothers, Pene and Amitai Pati and their baritone cousin, Moses Mackay. The trio was originally put together to fund their classical voice studies but a record deal from Universal Music made this musical family into global stars.
One of the most famous families in French Classical music today, are violinist Renaud Capuçon and cellist Gautier Capuçon. Each has their own solo career, but the brothers take the chance to work together whenever they can.
Trio Dhoore are made up of brothers Koen, Hartwin and Ward, who play hurdy-gurdy, accordion and guitar. The brothers have been creating modern versions of Flemish folk tunes for twenty years, and still love to break all the rules.
Darlingside is a four-piece folk band from Boston whose voices blend so well you’d think they were brothers: they are totally unrelated. They started the band while at college. The name comes from a favourite quote of their teacher that sometimes in song writing you might have to “kill your darlings” if a line or riff upsets the arc of a song.
Katona Twins are a guitar duo made up of identical twins Peter and Zoltán, who trained as classical solo players but decided to perform together because two guitars are better than one. They play both classical and popular music, doing arrangements of everything from Mozart and Scarlatti, to the Beatles and Queen; we hear some of their Piazzolla CD, ‘Le Grand Tango’.
Famous local brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn have made a lot of music together over the years, sometimes with their offspring. Earlier this year Neil brought together family and friends for the APO concert ‘Out of Silence’, featuring Crowded House and Split Enz songs arranged for Orchestra. Love of music unites several generations of Finns with orchestral players who have grown up with their songs.
Pick and Mix is a radio show broadcast from 12pm Sunday and 2pm Wednesday on RNZ Concert on RNZ Concert
Music details for the radio show:
DI CAPUA: O Sole Mio - Sol3 Mio (Decca 375 7602)
C-M SCHONBERG: Bring him home - Sol3 Mio (Decca 375 7602)
BARTOK: Hungarian Folk Melodies - Renaud and Gautier Capuçon (Virgin Classics 3 32626)
TRAD: Duosprong / Bitching Betty - Trio Dhoore (TRIODHOORE PROMOPARACHUTE)
TRAD: Endless Dancing - Trio Dhoore (TRIODHOORE PROMOMOMENTUM)
DARLINGSIDE: Singularity - Darlingside (COOKING PROMOEXTRALIFE)
DARLINGSIDE: Old Friend - Darlingside (COOKING PROMOEXTRALIFE)
PORTER: Just one of those things - Stephane Grappelli / Yo Yo Ma (CBS 445574)
DA ROCHA: Vassourinhas - Yo-Yo Ma, Sergio Assad, Odair Assad (Sony 88697 34390)
PORTER: You Do Something To Me - Alma Cogan with Frank Cordell & his Orchestra (EMI 796151)
PORTER: I’ve got you under my skin - Ella Fitzgerald (VERVE 821989)
PIAZZOLLA: Homenaje a Lieja - Katona Twins, Daniel Storer, Carducci String Qt (Channel Classics CCS SA 19804)
N FINN: One Step Ahead - Neil Finn/Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (RNZ)
N FINN: Four Seasons in one day - Neil Finn/Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (RNZ)
